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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2006
Koichiro Miyata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Chihiro Wake, Shioya-gun, JP;
Jumpei Ogawa, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuel-cell systemincludes: a fuel cellconfigured to generate electricity through reaction between hydrogen gas and air; a compressorconfigured to supply air as a scavenging gas to a reactant gas pathof the fuel cell; a control partconfigured to control an amount of air supplied from the compressorto the fuel cellto perform scavenging of the fuel cell; and pressure sensors Pand Pconfigured to monitor a pressure drop in the reactant gas pathof the fuel cell. The control partcontrols an amount of supplied air so as to keep the pressure drop in the reactant gas pathsubstantially constant when the fuel cellis scavenged. With this configuration, residual water can be suitably purged from the fuel cell while energy consumption is suppressed.
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